Cowens v. Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund

Plaintiff Clemon Cowens appeals from a February 5, 1992, final order of the circuit court of Cook County which granted summary judgment to defendant Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund. Plaintiff’s action sought a declaration requiring defendant, as successor to the obligations of the now insolvent Reliable Insurance Company (Reliable), to arbitrate plaintiff’s uninsured motorist claim. In an oral ruling, now embodied in the final order on appeal, the circuit court determined that plaintiff’s arbitration demand was untimely as a matter of law because it was initiated two years following the…